Ammunition.



PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904 C. PETERSEN.

AMMUNITION.

APPLICATION FILED 001219, 1993.

N0 MODEL.

Entented June 7, 190%.

UNTTED STATEs PATENT UFEicE.

CHARLES PETERSEN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AMMUNiTlQN.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters latent No. 762,084, dated June 7,1904.

Application filed October 19, 1903.

To all whom, it 7nm7 concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES PETERSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Ammunition, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ammunition, and particularlyammunition intended for use in rapid-fire guns, where it is desired thatthe feed of the ammunition be continuous and automatic.

' It consists of the parts and the construction and combination ofparts, as hereinafter more fully described, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of a cartridgewith my attachment. Fig. 2 is a chain of same doubled up.

A represents a metal cartridge-shell, and 2 the bullet. The latter hasembedded in it the ends of the soft pliant wire orwires 3, twistedcentrally to form an open loop 4:, lying normally in a plane essentiallyat right angles to the axis of the bullet. The loop 41 is just largeenough to. allow a cartridge to be inserted into it, but not to permitthe flange 5 on the head of the cartridge to be drawn through. Theflange is notched suitably, as at 6, to accommodate the wires from whichthe loop is formed, so that no protuberances beyond the periphery of theflange will be offered which might prevent the proper seating of thecartridge'in its chamber.

In practice the shells having their flanges notched as described areloaded with bullets provided with the wire extensions 3 and thecartridges linked together in the form of a chain, as shown in Fig. 2.

The chain may be of any length so that the cartridges may be drawn bysuitable automatic mechanism into the gun-chamber and Serial No.177,683. N0 model.)

fired successively, and the continuance of the fire need only to belimited by the length of the chain;

The chain maybe closely packed with the cartridges standing end for endin a box, and by grasping the end cartridge the others follow as thechain is drawn forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A new article of manufacture comprising a bullet having a wire loopextension with the ends of the loop embedded in the bullet.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a bullet having a flexibleloop extensionon its exposed end.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a bullet having a pliant loopextension, the loop portion of said extension adapted to lie in a planeessentially at right angles to the axis of the bullet.

4. The improvement in ammunition comprising a plurality of connectedcartridges, the connections between said cartridges comprising aflexible extension carried by the bullet of each cartridge and means onsaid extension to engage the peripheral flange on the shell of thesucceeding cartridge.

'5. The improvement in ammunition comprising a plurality of cartridgeslinked together in the form of a chain, said'links consisting of aflexible extension carried by each .bullet and having a central loop toengage the shell of a succeeding cartridge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES PETERSEN.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRoDIE.

